No they haven't got the candidate pics up yet, but those will be up in the next couple days I would imagine. They currently have pics of SAS, Margaret and Nick.

Sorry, I wouldn't be allowed to sneak them out. The pictures are embargoed for release until Tuesday 17th March.

He was completely over rated. He pranced around in a costume in the wedding task, cocked up the video of Tissues.....he did more wrong than right

Still a nice guy, but his business capabilities were poor. Michael should never have gotten further than him but Raef got as far as he could really

Ah, OK. Hopefully they'll be up on BBC Press Releases for us general public to bitch over. LOL.

well, i think this was all debated enough last year, so I'll just say we should agree to disagree, though you are of course right about Michael. The only thing that bugged me really about Raef going out when he did was that Michael was reprived yet again over him, which was a joke.

Mind you the final was a bigger one....

lol...some proper numpties on this year!

although i quite liked the name for the group that someone came up with - shazam!

not sure sas would approve though...

Can you tell us more please?

You were very reliabe last year, I take it you have watched the first episode?

^^ But as we already know due to spotters in the general public, the teams names for Series 5 will be and .

i've been really busy this year so i've only just had a chance to look at it!

very amusing so far though. some fantastic egos!

first eps task is : cleaning

and yeah, a bit of controversy over the 16th applicant...

How do you know this? Have you seen preview tapes or summat?

My guess is, its either a previous contestant or the contestant quit almost straight away

yep they see preview tapes

So will the newspapers and whathaveyou be full of Apprentice news tomorrow? Will the candidates be revealed?

I expect so. It is usually 7-8 days before the series starts where we see the candidates and pictures of them and tomorrow is the press launch

I cant wait

I think a women needs to win this time, seeing as the past 4 winners should have been Saira, Ruth, Kristina and Claire

Saira - No, Time did a good job lets face it
Ruth - No argument here. Mistake made and done
Kristina - Mebbe... Both had their ups and downs and it depends on how you want a partnership to be like
Claire - No way. Lee did much better than Claire and showned he could make major improvements in quick time (Presentation) while Claire struggled often to control her problems.

Michelle won, and look what mess that turned out to be! Nah, let's not go there again ffs!

Bit of a generalisation!

All I am saying is that when it comes down to the last two, he usually picks the "wrong" one.

So you are suggesting that every female winner will end up having sex with the guy who coes 5th place, and leave SA after a month or two??

pftt

a woman will win this series
Remember i sed that!

The Radio Times that covers the start week is published tomorrow...and I can't see there not being a feature on it - presumably with penpix- in it. so tomorrow is the obvous day for it to be in the press....Wednesday at worst to let RT have their scoop.

Oh, you must mean the copy showing SAS on the cover, with a load of microphones shoved up in his face, and a load of celebrity interrogators asking him questions!! TeeHee TeeHee!

Let me humbly apologise for my post evidenly not being up to your exacting standards...at least I've kept you happy by giving you something to mock..keep braying away.

I thought i was whetting your appetite with a snippet of the unknown the day before RT was actually released. My mistake it seems!

Every forum has an over sensitive member, so stop acting like you've been badly slighted for gods sake!

Certainly I will..but perhaps you'd like to be equally carefully with your tone. Try re-reading it and see how it reads to someon cold. And I do appreciate that humour can sometimes be lost in writing meaning that the 'obviously' light-hearted remark someone makes comes across wrong- been there, done that, got the tshirt - and smilies don't always convey 'I'm being lighhearted' but can equally be read as 'laughing at you'.

Ellie, you're proving my point.

Look, I'm not going to continue this tit-for-tat post chain, so I'll tell you what, I'll let you be right, and I'll be wrong!!

There, ended!